Dividend Challengers Smackdown XXXVI – Seeking Alpha

In the most recent installments of the Smackdown series, I screened the Dividend Challengers (which can be found here: http://dripinvesting.org/Tools/Tools.asp) by combining a high (2012) Dividend Growth Rate with low Free Cash Flow Payout and high Return on Equity, two columns that were added at the end of December and, last month, by low Debt/Equity and Price/Earnings ratios.